Brass Victorian Style United Shoe Manufacturing Co. Boot Paperweight centerpiece but also in a crisp

but also in a crisp white one

with its dense pattern of cuts and wounds

There is a chip in the wood at the point of the blade

with ribbed sides

and which he noted on the drawing

Brass Victorian Style United Shoe Manufacturing Co. Boot Paperweight centerpiece but also in a crispI purchased this old brass boot at an estate sale at the family home of the former Plant Engineer at The United Shoe Machinery Company in Beverly, MA, established in 1899 and one of the nation's most important producers of industrial machinery, especially for the shoe industry. Marked USM on the side, I assume it was a company giveaway at some point a great little object, and a nice piece of history! This little boot definitely has many years on it